The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:57 at Maastricht 2025 put Gertjan Buijssen 441st of 584 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:54 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 2:40 more than the average race this season, going by 1,310 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:36v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:36v median −0:08
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 5:11v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 4:26v median −0:40
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:00v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:05v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 4:26v median −0:43
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Block 08 20:50Running 8 5:11v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 566
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 566 men who finished.